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1,490,814 PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM B. FLANAG-AN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO A. KREAMER,INC.,

F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

CABINET.

App1ication filed June 8, 1922. Serial N o.' 566,813.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM B. FLANA- can, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvement in Cabinets, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had therein tothe accompanying drawing.

My invention relates to improvements in cabinets and more particularlyto one adapted primarily to contain cake, although usable also fornumerous other purposes. My invention relates to that classof cabinetsemploying a cylindrical casing having an open ing and a pivotallymounted arcuate door within the casing for closing said opening, thedoor being movable around the casing wall when it is opened. One objectof the invention is to' provide an improved door constructionequippedwith means to establish a tight connection between said door andthe casing wall, said means including a bead which not only reinforcesthe sheet metal door, but serves as a stop to limit the closing movementthereof.

One or more shelves are provided within the receptacle and a further aimis to provide relatively fixed and movable shelf-supporting bracketscarried by the door and easing wall respectively, whereby at least oneof the brackets must frictionally engage the shelf and thus exert abraking action when the door is opened, thereby tending to effectivelyhold the door in normally closed position.

A still further aim is to provide an extremely simple, yet a highlydesirable and eflicient cabinet which will protect its contents againstdrying out and will also prevent flies and other insects from coming incontact with such contents.

WVith the foregoing in view, the invention resides in the novel subjectmatter hereinafter described and claimed, the description beingsupplemented by the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cabinet constructed in accordancewith my invention, showing the door partially opened.

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view with the door closed.

Figure 3 is a horizontal section as indicated online 33 of Fig. 1, thedoor however being closed.

Figure 4 is a duplicate of Fig. 3 with the exception that it illustratesthe door in open position and the manner in which the shelfgatedcylindrical casing closed at its ends by a suitable bottom 2 and top 3,the latter being preferably provided with an appropriate handle 4, andthe entire casing being preferably formed from sheet metal enameled inwhite for producing an exceptionally attractive article. The casing wallis formed with a rectangular opening 5 whose edges are suitably beadedaszindicated at 6 for purposes for reinforcement. An arcuate sheet metaldoor 7 also preferably enameled in White is provided within the casingfor closing the opening. In the present showing, the upper and lowerends of the door 7 are secured to a pair of door carriers 8 which Iprefer to construct in the form of complete sheet metal disks disposedadjacent the top and bottom of the casing and pivoted thereto at theircenters as indicated at 9. This arrangement effectively supports thedoor and causesit to move around the casing wall, concentrically withthe latter when opened and closed. The front edge of the door 7, that isthe advance edge when closing the door, is bent outwardly substantiallyupon itself to form a yielding lip 10 adapted to lie behind the bead 6at one of the vertical edges of the opening 5, when the door is closed,thereby forming a tight connection at this point for obvious reasons.After forming the lip 10, the front edge of the door is rolled orotherwise formed to provide a vertical bead 11 which not only reinforcesthe door but is adapted to strike the last mentioned bead 6 to limit theclosing move ment of the door.

The handle 12 which is employed for opening and closing the door 7, ispreferably secured in place against the bead 11 as shown.

Suitable shelf supporting brackets are provided within the casing 1 forsupporting any desired number of circular shelves 13. In the presentshowing, the casing wall is provided with fixed brackets 14 and 15 whilethe inner side of the door 7 is equipped with corresponding bracket 14:and 15. The bracket 14 is in the form of a straight bar ex tendinghorizontally from a point adjacent one edge of the opening 5, to arearwardly spaced point on the casing wall. The bracket l i is alsoformed of a'straight strip of metal secured at one end to the edge ofthe door provided With the lip 10, and secured at its other end tosubstantially the intermediuse for supporting the contents. of the casking, the weight or such contents acts to ex (art a frictional. brakingaction between" the shelf and certain of the supporting. brackets sothat the door is effectively held'against accidental opening even thoughthe cabinet may be setting on an inclined surface which would otherwisetend to cause opening of the door by gravity. Another advantage for theprecise arrangement of brackets herein disclosed is that when the door.7 stands open, substantially diametrically opposite parts of the shelves18 are supported by the elongatedbrackets 14 and 1 4. as shown in Fig.4, so that accidental tilting, of the shelves is prevented.

In actual practice the invention is proving highly desirable and whilein the manufactured article, a white enameled finish is preferred onaccount of its extremely sanitary appearance, it is to understood thatany suitable finish may be employed and moreover the exact detailsherein dis closed are not essential, except as claimed' I claim: I

1. A cabinet comprising. a casing having upper and lower heads and acylinder wall having an opening its side, combined abutment andreinforcing beads formed on the [side edges of said opening, an arcuatesheet'metaldoor for said opening mounting discs secured to the upper andlower ends of said door and pivot-ally connected at their centers to theadjacent upper and lower heads ofthe casing whereby the doormay be movedto open and closed positions, an integral yielding lip formed on theouter edge ofthe' doorby' bending outwardly at an acute angle thematerial of which the door is formed, said lipiorming a'close yieldingconnection'with the inner side'of the adjacent beaded edge of thedoor opening when the door is closed and combined stop and reinforcingbead formed on the free edge of said lip said bead engaging the beadededge f'theuoor opening when the door is closed thereby limiting theclosing movement of the door. i 2' A cabinet comprising a cylindricalcas closed at its upper and lower ends and. having an openingi-n itsside, an arcuate door for said opening pivotally mounted within said;casing andmovable around the casingwall into andout of a closedposition, bracket-s carried by the inner faces oi the door andcas'ingall, and a shelf formed as a disk positioned within said casing andhavin its peripheral portion resting upon the brackets of the wall" anddoo r,'the shelf when loaded providing means for frictionally engagingthe bracket" of thedoor and retardiiigInovementof the doorf i Thestructure of claim 2 having cermm of the brackets formed from stripspositioned horizontally and extending along the chord of an arc of acirclev and secured a theirfends to the casing wall'and doorrespectively, said brackets being located for disposition atoppositesides in the opening in said casing. Wall when the door is open;

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